coulure
\ku.lyʁ\
The verdict
“coulure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui s'écoule, en parlant d'un liquide, d'une substance, de peinture.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coulure · coulure · French
coulure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coulure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.lyʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coulure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coulure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.lyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
coulure doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is coulure, spelled C-O-U-L-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Ce qui s'écoule, en parlant d'un liquide, d'une substance, de peinture.
- 2Ce qui s’écoule, en parlant du métal qui s’échappe par les interstices du moule et des grains de la grappe qui tombent quand le raisin commence à se nouer.
- 3Ce qu’on fait couler, enfoncer.
- 4Chute des fleurs ou des jeunes fruits à la suite de conditions climatiques qui altèrent le pollen et empêchent la fécondation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coulure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au dire des deux frères, il y avait trop peu de temps que je ne grattais plus pour les manger, au long des chandelles, les « coulures » en forme de longues larmes.
Une atmosphère de délaissement presque accablante se glissait dans ces couloirs vides où le salpêtre mettait de longues coulures.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.